NAMI webinar addresses legal considerations of mandatory versus volunteer-based programs.

The company’s workers qualify as part of the state’s Phase 2 distribution.

The rate of infection among workers has decreased considerably since last May.

Tyson Foods, Smithfield and JBS USA responded to the upcoming panel.

Participating employees will receive a $100 bonus once the vaccines are available.

Processors strive to remove the stigma and meet the needs of workers.

Meat and poultry processors flashed resiliency and pride during a historically challenging year.

The joint statement said 500,000 front-line industry workers need to be inoculated.

The association also said its members would provide cold storage of the vaccine.

CEO Dean Banks traveled to the Waterloo plant twice in the last month to meet with employees.